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Lift High the 16.1 Million Colors Cross

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Christians have been building giant crosses next to highways for some time, from early efforts in Hopwood, Pennsylvania, and Nelsonville, Ohio, to modern stratospheric titans in Groom, Texas, and Effingham, Illinois. Now a new wrinkle has been added: color. The Open Door Baptist Church of Clear Brook, Virgina, erected a 100-foot-tall, 57,500-pound steel cross just [...]

Tourist Attractions Given Secret “Heads Up” on Prez Obama?

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

We were talking on Tuesday afternoon — Election Day — to David Adickes, sculptor of big President heads, to find out when his third Presidents Park would open .

Wal-Mart Wants Land Under Presidents’ Heads

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

This story first surfaced on the Huffington Post a few weeks back — and we shrugged it off as political bluster in an election year. But now the Virginian-Pilot confirms the rumors: Presidents Park in Williamsburg, Virginia, may be ousted to make room for a Wal-Mart. The three Presidents Parks scattered across the country feature [...]

Museum Gives Props To A Big Prop

Friday, September 5th, 2008

What moves an ocean liner from point A to point B? It’s not the fuel; it’s the propeller, screwing itself through Neptune’s domain, shoving the boat ahead of it. Ship propeller in Delaware. Titanic-sized propellers rarely get appreciated because they’re usually under water. And, also, they’re tremendously large and heavy. They’re the giant buckets of [...]

No Second-Rate Souvenirs For The Second Amendment

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

We recently visited the gift shop at the NRA National Firearms Museum, which claims to stock over 500 gun publications, more than any other store in the U.S., and, therefore, most likely, the world. It also has a wall of replica guns and paint ball weapons for sale, but these each cost in the multi-hundred-dollar [...]

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